Plant-protector.



I. HILL.

, 1 909. i 1,043,594. Patented Nov. 5, 1912.

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PLANT-PROTECTOR.

Specicaton of Letters Pat-ent.

- Patented Nov. 5, 1912.

Application led November 5,1909. Serial No. 526,324.

To all whom it 'may concern:

Be it known that I, IRVING HILL, a citizen of the United States,residing. at Wallace, in the county of Calaveras and State ofCalifornia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inPlant-Protectors; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of t-he same, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the characters ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this application.

rIhis invention relates to improvements in garden equipment andparticularly to a means for protecting young or other plants in coldweather, the object of the invention being to produce a plant protectorwhich will protect the plants from the north or cold side and yet admitwarmth and light from the south or warm side and so graduate such warmthand light as to give a greater amount in the morning than the middle ofthe day when the heat might be too great.

A further object of the invention is to produce such a plant protectoras will be collapsible and capable of being packed in a small andcompact bundle when not in use.

I also aim to produce a simple and ineX- pensive device and still onewhich will be exceedingly effective for the purposes for which it isdesigned.

Ihese objects I accomplish by means of such structure and relativearrangement of parts as will more fully appear by a perusal of thefollowing specification and claim.

In the drawings similar characters of reference indicate correspondingparts in the several views.

Figure 1f is a perspective view of the complete device. Fig. 2 is a topplan view of the lower portion of the device. Fig. 3 is a sectional viewof a fragmentary portion of one corner of the device. Fig. 4 is a frontelevation of one of the glasses used in the device showing paint stripsthereon. Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 4L showing the paint stripsdifferently arranged on the glass.

Referring now more particularly to the characters of reference on thedrawings the body of the plant protector comprises independent sidemembers composed of base members l, side members 2 and top members 8,the edges of said sides being grooved as at 4 and in such manner thatadjacent ones of said independent side members mortise into each otherwhere they may be locked by hooks 5 and eyes 6.

The inner edges of vthe members l, 2 and 3 are slotted as at 7 toreceive a glass 8, the members 3 being placed in posit-ion over themembers 2 after the glass is inserted and then removably secured byscrews 9.

The top of the device is formed of four side members 10 constructed andprovided with glass as are the independent side members and is securedto said side members by hooks 1,1 and eyes 12 and is provided with acarrying handle 13.

In practice when placed over a plant the glass sides protect the plantfrom the cold on the north or cold side and yet admit the light andwarmth from the south or warm side, the quantity of heat and light beinggraduated by the number Vand position of the paint strips 14, as forinstance, in Fig. 5 the paint strips are closer together in the centerthan on the outer edges, thus allowing more heat and light to enter inthe morning and evening when the suns rays are ob- -liquely disposed andof less effect and shutting oli the midday rays which strike the glassdirectly and are of greater intensity. When the plant protector is notin use, the independent side and top members may be unhooked one fromthe other and piled away in a neat and compact manner, and if desiredthe glasses can be removed by removing the screws 9 and removing thetops 3. v

From the foregoing description it will be readily seen that I haveproduced such an invention as substantially fulfils the objects of theinvention as setforth herein.

Vhile this specification sets forth in detail the present and preferredconstruction of the device, still in practice such deviations from suchdetail may be resorted toV as do not form a departure from the spirit ofthe invention.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and useful anddesire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A plant protector comprising side and top frame members, a glass in eachof the In testimony whereof I aix my signature sides and top of saidprotector, one of said 1n presence of two Witnesses. glasses having aplurality of non-transparent strips painted thereon, said strips beingIRVING HILL' 5 close together at the center of said glass and Witnesses:

being gradually disposed Jfarther apart to- PERGY S. VEBSTER,

Ward the edges of said glass, as described. JOSHUA B. WEBSTER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

